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Yusuf times Gilani The forced resignation of Pakistan Prime Minister Yusufa, Gilani, analysts consider evidence of the ongoing confrontation of the elites. This led to the fact that the country is again controlled by those who came to power after the election. Internal political disagreements prevent Pakistan from solving security problems and pressing economic problems.

The Big Twenty summit did not bring the expected results Most commentators call the results of the two -day Summit "Big Twenty", which ended in Mexico, "modest." The “Big Twenty” summit in the Mexican resort of Los Kabos ended with the adoption of the final communique, which states that “the participants will take the necessary measures to diagnose economic growth and financial stabilization in order to create worthy jobs for all their citizens.” As for the countries of the eurozone, they

June 19 in the center of Prague sounded punk. Music was played by participants in the Russian feminist group Pussy Riot, who are trying to tell the world that they are doing with their punk team in Russia

Barack Obama at the meeting "Big Twenty" in Mexico US President Barack Obama expressed confidence that Europeans will be able to find a way out of the debt crisis. According to Obama, the leaders of the EU countries showed an understanding of the urgency of solving a debt problem at the Great Twenth summit. At the same time, the US President noted that European partners have enough resources for leaving the crisis, based on their own forces.

Since July 20, Russian universities began to accept applications from applicants. From innovations: restrictions for winners and winners of the Olympiads who can use their advantage only once (the results of the exam make it possible to enter five educational institutions in three areas); Universities do not have the right to demand the original certificate; And are obliged to publish lists of applicants on sites. The 2012 reception campaign will last until July 25.

Tu-134 wreckage near Petrozavodsk, June 21, 2011 In the case of the Tu-134 aircraft disaster in Karelia near the city of Petrozavodsk, two airport employees and one official of the Federal Air Transport Agency were charged. During the aircraft disaster on the night of June 21 last year, 47 people were killed, a few more were injured.

Eco-activist Evgenia Chirikova conducts a picket in support of Suren Gazaryan in Moscow The Tuapse City Court today sentenced activists of the Ecological Watch in the North Caucasus Suren Gazaryan and Evgeny Vetishko to three years in prison. It was such a punishment that the prosecutor demanded. They were found guilty of causing hooligan motives for damage to the fence on the shores of the Black Sea - around the alleged cottage of the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova The Tagansky court of Moscow today extended until July 24 the term of detention of the Pussy Riot group of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, accused of hooliganism for holding the so-called "punk-graben" in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Thus, the court granted the application of the investigation. The other two members of the group Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich are awaiting court decision.

Alexey Kudrin The Committee of Civil Initiatives, headed by the former Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin, will hold the All -Russian Conference “Civil Initiatives - Time to act on June 26 in Moscow. The event will discuss the issue of interaction between society and the authorities, the reform of the law enforcement of the state. The conference, as reported on the website of Kudrin, will be attended by representatives of civil society from more than 50 regions.

In the Irkutsk region last night, residents of the village of Old Farmers found the body of one of two girls who disappeared on June 14 in the Biryusa River. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the local department of the Ministry of Emergencies. The body was sent to a forensic medical examination to determine the causes of the death of the child. Two girls at the age of six and ten years disappeared on June 14, when, as expected, they went down to the river unattended.

Decent people should not go to power. By the way, Putin has nothing to do with it. To go to power, you need to be either Lancelot or a dragon - and it is too dangerous for people. Lancelot goes to kill the dragon with pure intentions - so to speak, “for everything good and against everything bad” - but in the process of achieving compromises in the political struggle, it is growing in scales and turning green. And he begins to eat Lancelots for breakfast.

One of the residential quarters of Khoms is on The International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent organizes the evacuation of the inhabitants of the Syrian city of Homs, newly besieged by government forces. The Committee representative said today that negotiations are underway with the military and armed opposition on the conditions for the export of residents from the quarters of Khoms. Several hundred people are blocked in areas of the city that are subjected to regular shelling.